Volunteer Open Evening – Wednesday 25th September

We will be holding a volunteer open day at The Rainbow Project Belfast, Belfast LGBT Centre, 1st Floor, Old Memorial House, 9-13 Waring Street, BT1 2DX on Wednesday 25th September at 6 pm. Come along to find out about our volunteer opportunities and for some pizza. If you can make it along, please RSVP to james@rainbow-project.org by Monday 23rd September at 5 pm.

For a little taster of what we have up and coming see below:

Condom Packing – Fancy a bit of fun, pizza and lemonade? Can you help us pack condoms for our Sexual Health Outreach Project? We are hoping to run once a week on Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm. Chat, catch up and have fun while helping us provide safer sex packs to the LGBT Community.

Health Outreach – The Health Outreach team are led by Niall and Mark who go out to the Gay scene to provide information, advice and support to LGBT people on the scene. If you like talking to other people, enjoy a bit of craic, a bit of music and can help us on Monday or Friday evenings twice a month and identify as LGB or T then this is the opportunity for you.

LGBT Health Hub – The Rainbow Project is in the process of developing an LGBT Health Hub which will be a safety project based in Belfast City Centre alongside the Health Outreach project. The project will aim to provide on street support for the LGBT community on Monday and Friday evenings – providing a safe space for LGBT victims of hate crime, a safe space to get a taxi home from or simply a safe space to book in for a rapid HIV test. If you are keen on supporting vulnerable LGBT people who may be at risk of sexual, physical or mental health issues then this is the opportunity for you.

Health Administration – Do you have good office skills? Are you organised? Are you committed to confidentiality and the supportive ethos of the Rainbow Project? Do you need CV experience in admin, finance, data input or venue booking? We are looking for dedicated volunteers to directly support our health and wellbeing and services team with confidential administration. If you think you have the skills then we need you.

Workshop/Training Facilitation – The Rainbow Project are keen to up-skill our volunteers. We run a variety of workshops, focus groups and training sessions across the year to a plethora of different groups – young people to professionals, LGBT people to organisations. These are usually staff led but we are keen to allow our volunteers to help us in further delivering and developing these training sessions. If you think you’ve got what it takes and are keen to get some experience in workshop or training facilitation then we need you!

General Administration – Do you have good office skills? Are you organised? Are you committed to confidentiality and the supportive ethos of the Rainbow Project? Do you need CV experience in admin, finance, data input or venue booking? Then we need you.

Cleaning Volunteer – Do you have the brawns to help us clear our cluttered storage spaces? Do you have the skills to organise documents, files and archives? Then we need you!

Archive Volunteer – The Rainbow Project are keen to develop an archive of LGBT materials relating to Northern Ireland. Have you a keen eye for History? Are you good at organising and/or have experience of archiving materials of public interested? We are keen to develop this project and present it in an exhibition to the public over the oncoming year. If you are interested then please get in touch!

Befrienders – The Rainbow Project are keen to recruit befrienders to support people coming out or to help them make social connections. If you have good communication skills and support skills then we need you.